Weed, Love, and Sex: Embracing the Trifecta with Amanda Moser
Here’s what they didn’t teach you in your high school sex-ed class: weed and sex go together like peanut butter and jelly, coffee and cream, Netflix and chill.
Yep — it’s true!
Today, we’re delving into the topic of cannabis use in relation to sexual pleasure with sexologist Amanda Moser (she/her). As the founder of Weed Love Sex, Amanda has created a community of like-minded individuals that want to learn more about sex, cannabis, and how to combine the two in the bedroom.
Here is the transcript of our podcast interview below. You can also download or stream the audio podcast here!
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Between Our Thighs: Does weed make sex better? What about using it during good ol’ masturbation? Here at between Our Thighs, we would have to give a big resounding “Yes!”
The fact is despite so many people finding these topics to be taboo, they go really well together. Like, incredibly well. Today, we’re chatting with sexologist and cannabis researcher, Amanda Moser of Weed, Love, Sex to talk about all things cannabis and sexual pleasure.
Hi, Amanda, how are you?
Amanda Moser: I am well, how are you?
BOT: I’m great, thank you. Did you want to tell us a little bit about yourself and where you’re located, what you do?
Amanda: Yeah, absolutely! So, hi everyone, my name is Amanda Moser and I am located in Denver, Colorado. I am a sexologist and cannabis researcher. So, being a sexologist pretty much means that I study sex through literature and research, with conducting my own research, reading others’ research.
And then as a cannabis researcher, I specifically analyze how cannabis affects one’s sex, specifically their sexual functioning, sexual satisfaction, and pleasure. So I founded Weed Love Sex as an educational safe space for individuals, couples, and then also professionals in the field so that they can learn more about sex, cannabis, and how they both influence and benefit each other.
BOT: That’s so cool. What inspired you to become a sexologist and to specialize in combining weed and sex specifically?
Amanda: That is actually really funny because I went into college, seventeen years old, thinking I was going to be a biology major because I wanted to work with animals.
BOT: [Laughs] Me, too!
Amanda: Didn’t have a plan for that, ‘cause I just knew I didn’t want to be a vet, but I wanted to work with animals, so I was— [Laughs]
BOT: [Laughs] Yup!
Amanda: It was like, I don’t know what I want to do. I just want to hang out with animals and get paid [laughs]. But it’s funny, because in that same semester — so, it was my first semester of college — I was a biology major, and I was in college chemistry, and it was kicking my butt.
In that time, in that same semester, I was going to tutoring for chemistry and listen: this chemistry class was killing me.
BOT: [Laughs]
Amanda: In that same semester, I was taking just this fun elective course, and it was called ‘courtship and marriage.’
BOT: Mhmm.
Amanda: And I just thought that this was going to be like a one-time, get my mind off of the harder classes. I thought it was going to be one of those courses.
BOT: Mhmm.
Amanda: I didn’t realize that one day, the professor was going to introduce an entire lesson on human sexuality. I’ve always been interested in human sexuality, but I’ve never known of it as an academic field. I’d never known that this was something that people could do; specializing as a career and make it their full-time thing for life.
I found that so fascinating because human sexuality was something I was always interested in, but I thought it was going to be something that I do on the side as like a hush-hush project because no one ever talks about this.
BOT: Yeah.
Amanda: So, to find out that there not only was a class that had one lesson on it, I then, after that course, went to the professor. Actually, that same day I went to the professor [laughs].
BOT: [Laughs]
Amanda: I was like, “So, we talked about human sexuality today. I never knew that this was a thing. Tell me more. “And I was like, “Are there more classes like this, because this class has been dope.” And he took me under his wing!
Honestly, I still work with him to this day. He’s a very renowned professor at East Carolina University, his name is Dr. David Knox, and I definitely consider him one of my first educational mentors, because he’s the one that got me introduced into human sexuality.
So, pretty much once I found she had sexuality, I literally took every single class that my university had to offer. I was taking human sexuality courses in the anthropology department, in the human development department, in public health. I wanted to make sure that I learned human sexuality from all different perspectives that I could, to get a very well-rounded.
Once I discovered human sexuality, I definitely took it and ran with it. That’s how I got specialized into human sexuality as an undergrad, but it wasn’t until grad school that I took it a step further in human sexuality, ‘cause this is when I started personally doing research on cannabis. This was another enlightening moment for me, because I realized that cannabis was also something that you could research and do as a career.
BOT: Mhmm!
Amanda: So, was also the time I was living in North Carolina throughout my college career, and I was also coming out of the closet as a cannabis user [laughs].
BOT: [Laughs]
Amanda: You’ve got to remember that [this is] in North Carolina. This is a very conservative part of the nation.
BOT: Yeah.
Amanda: This is the ‘Bible Belt,’ so there were many times that I felt outcasted just [for] specializing in human sexuality. It was a big deal, because people were already like, “Amanda the sexologist, the girl that studies sex. What is she doing? She clearly doesn’t belong here.”
BOT: [Laughs]
Amanda: Then, as I was already doing that, I was like, “Let me just sprinkle on some cannabis and really, really feel the stigma.” [Laughs] That’s what I ended up doing as my master’s thesis.
I conducted a nationwide study to see how cannabis influenced one’s sexual functioning and sexual satisfaction, and this is really what I use as my guide because there’s not really much research on how cannabis influences your sex. The fact that I did this on a nationwide level and found pretty significant beneficial evidence for people to just be positively influenced with cannabis to better their sex life, to make sex more pleasurable, increase orgasms. I mean, all the good stuff. I’m really happy from where I’ve come as a biology major to where I’m, thankfully, at today.
BOT: And, hopefully, you still get to hang out with some animals once in a while [laughs].
Amanda: [Laughs] We currently have seven dogs, two mini donkeys, seven goats. I mean, it’s disgusting.
BOT: My heart!
Amanda: Yeah, I love it, it’s magical.
BOT: You are living the dream.
Amanda: [Laughs] Oh, thank you!
BOT: [Laughs] You’re welcome.
So, generally speaking, what do you feel creates a solid sexual relationship between people?
Amanda: Yeah, so you hear this a lot, but I’m going to say it again and then emphasize it: Communication.
BOT: Mhmm.
Amanda: This is for any solid relationship, whether or not it’s a romantic relationship, but especially if you want to have a sexual relationship with somebody. Communication is the way to go, and my best advice that I give to clients is to talk and communicate before, during, and after sex.
So, what does that look like? Before sex, this is to get in the mood. This is to feel desire. You can text each other what you want, what you like send each other sexy pics throughout the day.
BOT: Mhmm.
Amanda: You really just want to build that desire to get in the mood so that when the time comes, you are all ready. You’ve been having that desire, you’ve already been aroused by what someone said.
BOT: Working up to it.
Amanda Moser: Exactly!
BOT: Yeah.
Amanda: Then, once we are there — during sex — you still want to talk. Keep that communication going. During sex, this is the dirty talk. This is the stuff you are talking about during intercourse. There’s a lot of people that don’t know how to start with that.
They may not feel comfortable, confident, or maybe they just never done it before (in regards to dirty talk or just communication during sex). My best advice is just talk to each other about what feels good about what you like during sex and what sensations are heightened at that time. This [makes it] more likely for someone to orgasm, if they are getting in their own headspace of, “Oh, this does feel good,” as well as communicating that to their partner.
So, this also goes for if something hurts or something doesn’t feel pleasurable — especially for women. Say something. For real, say something. There are so many times that women will just grind their teeth, suck it up, and just hope that it’s over soon and it’s not the way it should be. That is definitely something that we need to communicate more, especially during, in that moment.
“Hey, this doesn’t feel good. Let’s switch it up, let’s try something different.”
BOT: Yeah.
Amanda: That also brings me to: never, never, never, never, never fake. Never, never fake an orgasm, never fake [your] pleasure, never fake it during sex. Never fake something that doesn’t feel good and tell them that it does. This is really important because it eliminates the hard-to-correct cycle of bad sex. For instance, if your partner does something that you don’t really like, or [that] just doesn’t feel pleasurable, if you don’t say anything — or worse, you fake that it does feel good — this will then create a cycle of your partner wanting to do it more because they’re thinking, “Wow, they loved this last time!”
BOT: Yeah!
Amanda: ”They really enjoyed it, so I’m going to keep doing that.”
What they don’t know is [that] I faked it that one time and now this kid won’t stop pushing that one button. Instead of having sex [when] something could be improved, just say it. Even if you don’t have a solution, you can just say, once again, “Let’s switch it up, I’m not liking this. How about this?”
BOT: Until you find something that does work.
Amanda: Absolutely, and you don’t get to that unless you have that communication.
So, then we have ‘after.’ This is once again talking about the communication before, during, and after sex. After, we’re gonna — I don’t care if we are cuddling, all sweaty. I don’t care if we’re rinsing off in the shower. Let’s talk about it. We’re going to talk about what we liked and what we didn’t like.
A lot of people always talk about, “Oh, man, that felt great. I really liked when you did this.” That way they know what to incorporate more often if they so choose. However, a lot of people don’t talk about what they didn’t like. A lot of people are scared or think that they just don’t need to talk about it. When you talk about what you necessarily didn’t like, this will improve your sex, as you’re both communicating what you liked and what you didn’t like, so that you don’t have that in this cycle of, “Oh, he thought I liked this, but I actually don’t.”
BOT: Mhmm.
Amanda: It just loses a lot of miscommunication when you do have that forefront before, during, and after a talk of what you like, what you don’t like, and everyone’s on the same page.
BOT: That makes so much sense, too.
Amanda: Yeah.
BOT: And, so you’re talking about bad sex, but unfortunately, a lot of couples are not having sex or not enjoying sex because they feel like that spark isn’t there anymore. How can somebody, as an individual or as a couple together, bring that sexual satisfaction back and that spark back?
Amanda: Yeah, so the big thing is that every individual in this part of the relationship has to want it. They have to want that sexual relationship because you can have a healthy and happy romantic relationship and not have that sexual relationship. That is just based on personal preferences and priorities
BOT: For sure.
Amanda: But each individual should want to prioritize each other’s pleasure and intimacy if you are in that sexual relationship with each other. To get there, you just have to figure out what you’re going to do differently.
Obviously, what you have been doing hasn’t been working for you guys. What are you going to do differently? This can be as simple as a date night and you go to the sex toy store to pick out a gift for each other. That is a really easy way to go to the store, open up that communication, and be like, “I want to try this” or “That is crossing my boundaries of what I’m comfortable with.”
BOT: Yeah.
Amanda: You could also just learn each other’s bodies. See what each of you enjoy and where each of you finds pleasure. A lot of the times, women can masturbate and orgasm very easily, but then it’s harder to work during penis-in-vagina, intercourse.
BOT: Yeah.
Amanda: A lot of those times, it’s just a matter of what’s the difference between the two? A lot of times, it’s, “Oh, I didn’t realize I was doing this while I was masturbating. Let me tell my partner and maybe it’ll make it easier and more pleasurable for myself.”
BOT: So again, the communication comes into play.
Amanda: It always comes into play! [Laughs]
BOT: Always! [Laughs]
Amanda: I’m always going to come back to communication. Talk about your sex. talk about wanting sex, talk about what you don’t like during sex. Then, if push comes to shove or if you just want to learn more, you can always ask an expert like an educational sexologist, like myself. Someone that can teach you what the research shows, what works, what may not work, and then how to incorporate some tactics and tips to make your sex life even better than it already is.
BOT: Let’s get to the good stuff [laughs].
Amanda: [Laughs]
BOT: I mean, sex is always great, but enhancing the sex with weed. So, what about using weed for solo play like masturbation?
Amanda: This a really amazing question that I love to get, because I feel like I blow people’s minds on how masturbation and sex are so similar because sexual functioning works the same when you’re by yourself or you’re with a partner.
What I mean by ‘sexual functioning,’ I’m just looking at the basic-level Masters and Johnson research to look at how your body physiologically changes through sex. So, you start with sexual desire — wanting to have sex. Then you go into plateau, [where] you recognize pleasurable sensations, that tension is building up. Orgasm, the release of tension, and resolution, the readjustment phase before the cycle continues and you can orgasm again.
So, obviously, these physiological sets can happen with or without a partner. You can have an orgasm with or without a partner.
BOT: Yeah.
Amanda: You can have sexual desire with or without a partner. So, what I did, is I analyzed to see if cannabis is influenced, how it influences your sexual functioning, and if it’s also influenced during masturbation. I did find that almost 80% of people reported using cannabis intentionally before masturbating, and over 60% of those stated that cannabis increased their pleasure while masturbating.
I did find that the all large percent of the population that I studied did use cannabis intentionally before sex. So they know, with that intentional piece, they recognized that cannabis did enhance their sexual functioning and that they were going to use that for their benefit when it came to masturbating and having a higher likelihood of orgasming and possibly having a more intense orgasm.
BOT: So, how can anyone interested in incorporating cannabis into a sex routine with one or more partners overcome the stigma that they may be wary of, which is holding them back?
Amanda: Yeah, listen, I definitely understand the stigma associated with both cannabis and sex. I came raised from the Bible Belt, so if anyone can understand stigma, it’s the researcher who tried to do it in rural North Carolina [laughs].
BOT: Oh, boy [laughs].
Amanda: Know that there are so many different cannabinoids within the cannabis plant. When I say ‘cannabinoids,’ these are pretty much the molecules that make up the cannabis plant. We know a lot of cannabinoids; THC is a cannabinoid, CBD is a cannabinoid. There are over two hundred different cannabinoids in the cannabis plant that we are still trying to weed out and figure out who’s who, and what’s what, in that sense. Just know that there are different cannabinoids within the cannabis plant and each cannabinoid has its own function by itself, as well they were differently, synergistically, when together.
With that said, not all cannabinoid profiles have the same effect. For instance, a CBD-dominant profile will not make you feel stoned or high in any way. Also know — and this is something that really benefits sex, especially for those that don’t want to feel high or stoned — it’s that there’s a way to get only your genitals high. So, if you just want to get your vulva high and nothing else, we can do that and it’s called a ‘localized effect.’ Pretty much, just like how they have cannabis lotion and muscle salves — so if your elbow hurts, you can just put on a little weed lotion and your elbow feels a little better — they have weed lube, as well.
You can use cannabis lube on your vulva and be able to only feel the beneficial relaxation effects in that one area and not your full body.
BOT: Very interesting.
Amanda: It’s super easy, it’s super fun. You could make it by yourself at home, and it’s something that I teach my clients how to do themselves.
BOT: So, if somebody wanted to learn how to do that, do you offer like Zoom classes and stuff like that?
Amanda: Yeah, I definitely offer a lot of virtual [session] for my clients just because, especially since COVID—
BOT: Yeah.
Amanda: And to be able to educate and reach people that are not in the Denver area it’s very easy to do Zoom calls or different forms of technology to reach them virtually. That’s definitely something I offer.
BOT: That’s amazing.
Amanda: [Laughs] Thank you.
BOT: What were the main findings of your research on sex and cannabis, and how one influences the other?
Amanda : Yeah, so let me also start off [with saying] that there is not much research on this. There is not much research on how cannabis influences one’s sex, especially sexual functioning and satisfaction. So, I’m really excited to be able to share what my research entailed and the results that I discovered, just because this is not really out there.
Like I said, I specifically researched how cannabis influenced one’s sexual functioning, satisfaction, and also the five senses; how those were impacted during sex. For sexual functioning, we’re looking at: desire, orgasm, plateau, and resolution.
For sexual desire, I found that over 70% of males and females reported that cannabis increased their sexual desires, and this was especially for females. We found that females were especially the ones that found that cannabis increased their sexual desire.
I did not find that males had any difficulty reporting, achieving, or maintaining an erection. This is only surprising evidence as cannabis has been shown to have muscle relaxant properties.
BOT: Yeah!
Amanda: Yeah! So, with the penis being made up of mostly different muscles, one would think that cannabis would have a negative correlation with a male’s ability to achieve and maintain an erection, but this is not what I found, which is really exciting for both males and females. To be able to use cannabis to enhance their sexual pleasure.
BOT: Yeah, ‘cause what that stigma — well, not necessarily stigma, but that belief, because one usually equals the other — it might put off anybody with a penis from using weed during sex, but now with that knowledge, they could do it more confidently.
Amanda: Yeah, and I mean, as for myself, as the researcher behind this study, I definitely hypothesized that males would report [that it was] harder to achieve an erection and more difficult to maintain that erection. Like I said, just because of those muscle-relaxing properties, the same properties that enhance the female’s sexual functioning, I would thought would have the same properties (meaning it would have the same muscle-relaxing feels) with the male, but that is not at all what we found. So, that is really exciting for both sexes to be able to benefit from this sexually.
BOT: Yeah, for sure.
Amanda: So then, when I looked at orgasm, I looked at two types of orgasm. When I say ‘types,’ I mean, I looked at orgasm intensity and then orgasm frequency. When I look at orgasm intensity, this is how intense that orgasm was. How strong was that orgasm?
I found that over 70% of males and females reported that cannabis increased their orgasm intensity. Like I said, how strong the orgasm was perceived. Then, I looked at orgasm frequency.
So, this is how many times they were out to have an orgasm. A lot of people call it ‘multi-orgasmic,’ and I did find that females had a higher likelihood of multiple orgasms. Especially [when] over 40% of females when you use the cannabis found that they had more than one orgasm per sexual encounter.
BOT: Wow!
Amanda: So what that means is knowing [that] females are more likely to have multiple orgasms compared to males, just because of how their sexual functioning [and] physiological responses work, but I found that when using cannabis, females reported an even more likelihood to have more than one orgasm per sexual encounter.
So that’s really exciting knowing that. You can smoke weed, have sex, and then have a higher likelihood of having not just one intense orgasm, but multiple orgasms.
BOT: Many orgasms!
Amanda: Yeah, many! As many as you possibly can [laughs].
BOT: [Laughs]
Amanda: Then we looked at sexual satisfaction; how enjoyable and pleasurable that sex was when using cannabis. I did find that both males and females do report increased sexual satisfaction when using cannabis. Really good, this is awesome, meaning they’re using cannabis and they’re finding that they are having overall more sexual enjoyment because of it.
Then, finally I looked at the senses. So, how the five senses were influenced when using cannabis during sex, and I did find that taste and touch were significantly enhanced. When you think about it, you use taste and touch a lot during sex.
BOT: Yes [laughs]!
Amanda: [Laughs] And cannabis can help enhance that, which [are] really great findings.
BOT: So, I mean, to me, it’s pretty obvious, but in your opinion, how do you think that we as a society can benefit from this knowledge?
Amanda: I’m hoping that my research and education can just lessen the stigma around both cannabis, as well as sex. Both of these topics are not regularly talked about, as each have their own stigma associated with them.
BOT: Mhmm.
Amanda: Most of us know that sex is not bad, and my job is to teach that neither is cannabis, and together, they make our really awesome team.
BOT: I agree completely.
So, because you are in such a niche kind of field, I imagine that the folks that are coming to you have kind of specific questions around this. What are some of the most common things that these people are reaching out to you [that] they’re concerned about?
Amanda: Yeah, so I get a lot of people reaching out to me because they’ve never heard about or even considered incorporating cannabis into their sex life.
I also have people who reach out who already incorporate cannabis into their sex life and they love it, they just want new ideas, they want fun sex tips. I have a lot of people reaching out also [about] how to make that weed lube.
[It’s] very popular, especially if you do live in a legal state. Obviously, it makes it a lot easier to get your hands on, but by making it yourself, you’re able to cut costs from having to buy these from the dispensary, you know what’s in it, and they can become pretty potent. Who doesn’t love weed lube? ‘Cause I sure do.
BOT: It’s true [laughs].
Amanda: [Laughs]
BOT: I’m based out of Canada, so we’re pretty lucky here. We have access to weed very easily.
Amanda: Love it!
BOT: But I guess, yeah, lots of states are not able to access it so easily; you guys don’t have legal dispensaries.
Amanda: Yeah. You know, I know for North Carolina, hemp stores are open there and so you have access to CBD. So, I will say with CBD flower — while my research specifically doesn’t show — there is research out there that CBD flower can also help with sex.
BOT: Oh, okay.
Amanda: It’s not going to be as beneficial, just because you don’t have that full cannabinoid spectrum working together, synergistically together, but for those who do live in a state that just only have access to hemp CBD stores, I can still help those clients. I don’t want them to think that it’s only for people that live in legal states, because it’s not.
I also recognize that living in a non-legal state, that you might have access to weed that’s not is from a dispensary.
BOT: [Laughs] Yup!
Amanda: That is from your good, ol’ pal Joe or something. And listen: I am not a narc. I work with clients like that, as well. So, really, no one is disadvantaged at this point, when it comes to who I work with and, ultimately, who can benefit from using cannabis in the bedroom.
BOT: I mean, that’s what Canadians are doing not so many years ago, too [laughs]. So, it was good old Joe less than a year ago.
Amanda: That was me in North Carolina less than a year ago [laughs]!
BOT: You gotta just roll with the punches.
Amanda: [Laughs] I’m no police officer.
BOT: [Laughs] Exactly.
So, what are the other benefits of going to a sexologist? Not necessarily about cannabis, but what can somebody approach a sexologist about?
Amanda: Yeah, as a sexologist, a lot of people don’t even know what I do [laughs]. I will start off with that. I will say, as a sexologist, my job is to conduct and keep up to date with the literature on pretty much everything and anything sex-related, so that others don’t have to.
With that said, I use my educational background to teach clients [about] significant research. What can help them, what may not help them, what works, what doesn’t work, and then any other topics or questions that one has on anything sex-related. Each client is their own individual, and sometimes I work with couples and they will come up with your own ‘together issues’ that they want [me] to help solve.
Going to a sexologist, you should be able to talk it out with someone that is non-judgmental, with someone who this is their job, to hear them out, and then also help them on what we can do better, what we can change. How can I make your sex life more pleasurable?
It’s also just one more thing to note, that as a sexologist, I’m also trained and kept up to date with more than just penis-in-vagina sex. That’s another misconception about sexology and what I do as a sexologist. There’s so, so much more to the realm of human sexuality than just penis-in-vagina intercourse; you consider and look at intimacy, romance.
BOT: Mhmm.
Amanda: Once again, sexual communication and sexual health, such as STIs and pregnancy risks.
So, seeing an educational sexologist like myself would allow you to learn more about sexual pleasure, communication, and then my specialty is how to incorporate cannabis into the bedroom to ultimately improve your sex life, overall.
BOT: So, even queer folks could come to you for advice and for help.
Amanda: Girl, I don’t think I turn away anybody [laughs]!
BOT: [Laughs]
Amanda: If you have questions about sex, or about cannabis, or how to incorporate the two, I’m your girl and it got you.
BOT: Amazing.
So, for Between Our Thighs, our ultimate goal is sex positivism and, of course, that idea of sex-positivity takes on different meanings for each individual person. I want to know what does it mean to you?
Amanda: My idea on sex positivism would ultimately be the lack of judgment, to be non-judgmental on anything sex-related, because it’s really easy to say, “I’m sex-positive,” but then shy away when other people start talking about kinks, or the LGBT community, or other sex-related topics that are not necessarily talked about or ‘vanilla,’ if you want to say.
BOT: Yep, yeah.
Amanda: And I usually see that this is from the fear of the unknown and, ultimately, this is why I say [that] knowledge is power. What you don’t know, and when it’s unknown to you, it can be scary, daunting, and a fear. So, to be sex-positive, I see one would be able to talk about sex-related topics in a non-judgmental way, especially sex-related topics that you are unfamiliar about.
You’re willing to learn more about and open to receiving more information on.
BOT: Yeah, so it’s not necessarily about the “you have to practice it yourself,” just say you’re open to learning about other people.
Amanda: Yeah, just being a non-judgmental self with a clear lens and just be open to new ideas that aren’t necessarily yours.
BOT: So, I guess that kind of answers my next question, which is: In your opinion, how can someone be more sex-positive themselves?
Amanda: So, I think for someone to be more sex-positive, it’s to release those unknown fears and that judgemental sense from yourself. Meaning: just being open. Like we talked about, just being open to new ideas, being open to other concepts of things that might be different for you, or things that might seem out of this world to you, but other people enjoy. This is why sexologist say, “Don’t yuck my yum.” Meaning, don’t judge something, especially because other people enjoy it.
This is, especially that I see with sex-positivism, is to be nonjudgmental because other people might enjoy what you are possibly mocking.
BOT: One hundred percent. Very well said.
Amanda: Thank you.
BOT: No problem.
Do you have any concluding thoughts or anything else that you think that the audience might benefit from knowing?
Amanda: I just wanted to say thank you.
BOT: You’re welcome!
Amanda: Thank you for having me as a guest today. I am so honoured because, let me just say, I love what I do. I love what I do and it’s taken me so long to get to Denver, Colorado from rural North Carolina, where all this started [laughs].
BOT: [Laughs] That’s incredible.
Amanda: Thank you. I’m so proud of where I’ve come from, but also where I’m here today. It’s given me a chance and opportunity for me to fully love what I do and discuss it all with you here today. So, I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you for having me and listening to me.
BOT: You’re welcome, and thank you for joining us. Honestly, thank you for sharing your knowledge and for just opening up and all of this good stuff. Really, I’ve learned a lot, too!
Amanda: Oh, love that! Listen, this is what I love. The thing is I have all this amazing information on sex, cannabis, and how they influence each other and no one knows about it. So, this is why I started Weed Love Sex, and I founded this business because I wanted to be able to make that safe space for people to have a place to come to, to ask those questions, to learn more information, to better enhance their sex.
BOT: For sure.
Amanda: Because I think everyone should have better sex. I think everyone can improve their sex in different aspects, and who wouldn’t want more intense orgasms and more pleasurable sexual satisfaction?
BOT: Exactly.
Amanda: I saw that cannabis would have beneficial evidence, whereas if I looked at other drugs, I kind of knew from my studies that I wasn’t going to find what was actually going to help people, and I wanted to make sex more pleasurable. So, this is what I did.
BOT: And our brains actually have receptors — it’s almost like they’re made for cannabinoids.
Amanda: Oh, girl, I could go on about the cannabinoid system. Yes! Your body was made for cannabinoids. Thank you. Yes!
BOT: Yeah.
Amanda: So, for those that don’t know, your body has an endocannabinoid system, meaning these are the receptors that the cannabinoids you put in your body bind to. Your body actually makes its own cannabinoids.
So, that’s another thing.
There is some research out there that there are some bodies or individuals that may not produce the amount of endocannabinoids that one may need, which is why cannabis makes them feel more ‘normal.’
BOT: Yep, it’s so cool.
Amanda: [Laughs] I love it. I love it.
BOT: Biology is so cool, and our bodies are so cool, and sex is so cool. I love it [laughs].
Amanda: And then adding weed into it is cool [laughs]
BOT: Yes!
Amanda: I’d love for everyone to check me out at www.weedlovesex.com, and from there, you can find my Instagram link, as well as my contact information. If anyone has any questions or wants to book a consultation, we can definitely get you set up and making your sex life more pleasurable [laughs].
BOT: Thank you so much. I really enjoy talking to you.
Amanda: Thank you!
